Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 6:3:

• Kupsabiny: “Daniel did his work in a way of wisdom surpassing all the other leaders and big/important people. So, the king planned to promote Daniel to take over leadership of the entire kingdom.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Since he saw that Daniel had excellent character than the other two ministers and district officers, the king thought to choose him as ruler for the entire land.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Daniel (was) the very best among all of them because of his exceptional ability, so the king planned that he would let Daniel rule his whole kingdom.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I soon showed that I was more capable/able to do the work better than all the other administrators and the governors. Because of that, the king planned to appoint me to be in charge of the entire empire.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 6:4:

• Kupsabiny: “The other rulers and leaders blackened their stomachs (developed envy) against Daniel. They looked for matter they could falsely accuse him of in the area of leadership, but they did not find anything they could accuse Daniel of. There was no fault at all, because he was a trustworthy man and not corrupt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Since it was like this, the other two ministers and district officers in governmental work started looking for Daniel’s faults. But they were not even able to find any corruption in his work, for he was a trustworthy person, and not a man who tends to act carelessly.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Because of that, his two co-administrators and the governors looked for fault in the leadership of Daniel so they could-accuse him. But they could not see any fault because Daniel was very trustworthy and his leadership (was) good.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then, the other administrators and the governors became jealous. So they began to try to find something that they could criticize about the way I was working for the king. But I always did my work faithfully and honestly, and was never lazy. So they could not find anything to criticize.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 6:5:

• Kupsabiny: “Those people said among themselves, ‘There is no basis for any charge against Daniel, unless it is concerning the worship of the God of Daniel.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Eventually they said to one another, "We will only be able to accuse Daniel in [relation to] the law of his God, we will not be able to accuse him in [relation to] any other matter."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So they said, ‘We (excl.) have nothing at-all to accuse against him, unless if we (excl.) find a fault that [has] to do with the Law of his God.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They concluded, ‘The only way we can find something for which we can criticize Daniel will be something concerning the laws that his god his given him.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 6:6:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, those leaders and administrators went to the king and said, ‘May you be firm/strong and live forever, king Darius!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “So those two ministers and the district officers went to the king and spoke like this, "King Darius, may you have a long life!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So they went to the king and said, ‘May you (sing.) live long, Beloved King.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So the administrators and governors went as one group to the king and said, ‘Your Majesty/O king, we wish that you will live a long time!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 6:7:

• Kupsabiny: “We have come to an agreement as administrators/rulers in your kingdom, right from the lower officials, leaders, army commanders and other noble/important people. We have said that you big leader should make a decree that in the coming thirty days, no one will be allowed to worship/kneel to anything or anyone except you the king. Whoever will defy your decree shall be thrown to the lion’s den.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “All of us, the royal administrators, advisors, district officers, administrators, and governors have agreed that you ought to make a decree that for 30 days anyone who prays to any other god or man except to you will be thrown into a deep pit of lions.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) the administrators, mayors, governors, advisers/counselors, and commissioners of your kingdom [have] agreed to plead/request you (sing.) to make a decree/law, that for a period/[lit. inside] of 30 days, no one else will-pray to any god or man except to you (sing.) alone. And it should really be-followed/obeyed, for anyone who will-violate this order/command will-be-thrown in the hole with lions.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “We administrators and governors and district governors and advisors and other officials have all agreed that you should make a law that everyone must obey. We want you to command that for the next thirty days people may pray only to you. If anyone prays to anyone else, either to a human or to a god, he must be thrown into a pit of lions.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 6:8:

• Kupsabiny: “So your majesty, issue that law after putting your hand to it (signing it) so it can stand in the country of Media and Persia which no one will ever change.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Since it is like that, O Great King, please give the order that a law like this be written so that it may become an unchanging law of the Medes and Persians."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So Beloved King, enforce this law/command/decree. Have- this -written now and then sign [this] so-that it will- not -be-repeated/changed or revoked, in accordance with the law of our (incl.) kingdom Media and Persia.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “And because laws made by our governments of Media and Persia cannot be changed, we want you, the head of our government, to sign it.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 6:9:

• Kupsabiny: “So, that decree/law was written and king Darius signed (it).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “So King Darius had the law put into writing and signed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “King Darius agreed, so he signed that decree.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So King Darius wrote the law and signed it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 6:10:

• Kupsabiny: “When Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went to his room upstairs. That room had windows facing Jerusalem. Daniel knelt next to those open windows and prayed the same way he always did. He worshiped God three times every day giving him thanks.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Knowing that the decree had been signed, Daniel went home. The window of the upstairs room of his house looked toward Jerusalem. Then, as he had always done before, looking out that window he knelt down three times a day before God, gave thanks and prayed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When- Daniel -knew that the king had-signed, he went-home.
  In the upstairs room of the house of Daniel, there (were) windows facing Jerusalem. There he kneeled, prayed and thank to his God three times a day, according to his custom.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But when I found out that the king had written and signed that law, I went home. I knelt down in my upstairs room and prayed. I looked toward Jerusalem, and the windows were open with the result that everyone could see me while I was praying. I prayed three times each day, just as I always did, thanking God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)